radioactive release with the hydrogen the ventings that jim s talking about. this seems like a change in tone from the prime minister. this seems a little different than the tone we ve been hearing from some of the ministers over the past several days. it s a little bit more concerning we re going to obviously, closely monitoring this over the two hours that we are live coming to you from sendai. as you can see, there s devastation all around. i don t know if you can tell what s behind me here. this is the port area, when the tsunami hit there were a number of people in their vehicles, trapped in their vehicles. they were unable to get out. they perished in their vehicles. the bodies have been taken away. there are semitrucks that were moving cars that had cars on them that have been tossed around like toys, i ll show you that coming up. and also, the reunion of peter and mary fales who have been searching for their son paul fales, an american teacher
short term and long term? yeah, and we don t know the levels yet. you re going to get some radioactive release with the hydrogen that jim s talking about. this seems like a change in tone from the prime minister. this seems a little different than the tone we ve been hearing from some of the ministers over the past several days. it s a little bit more concerning we re going to obviously, closely monitoring this over the two hours that we are live coming to you from sendai. as you can see, there s devastation all around. i don t know if you can tell what s behind me here. this is the port area, when the tsunami hit there were a number of people trapped in their vehicles. they perished in their vehicles. the bodies have been taken away. there are semitrucks that were moving cars that had cars on them that have been tossed around like toys, i ll show you that coming up. and also, the reunion of peter and mary fails who have been searching for their son paul
away. the official death toll stands at nearly 2,500, that number is expected to rise as search and rescue teams begin to reach areas hit hardest by the tsunami. each day you see more and more search and rescue teams. these are from the japanese defense force, the japanese military. tens of thousands of them have been deployed. there are teams coming from all around the world to help in the search and rescue. a team like this basically walks down the street checking cars, checking behind abandoned buildings, behind things that have been destroyed. these search and rescue teams are racing against the clock. the nights are bitterly cold and those who have survived have been without food and water for days. relief centers have opened around the country to aide the roughly 450,000 people who are now homeless. they re also one of the many places where people go to search for loved ones.
of people, a lot of people were told were trapped in their vehicles, were killed in their vehicles, unable to get out in time. the bodies have been taken away, collected. there are dozens and dozens of cars scattered all throughout here. a lot of people were in cars that were smashed out. a lot of them are new cars being brought into the port. i want to show you some of what s behind me. i walked around there with the camera a short time ago, just to give you a look. here in the port in sendai, there s dozens of cars that have been tossed all around the entire area. this is a brand new vehicle, you can tell the plastic is still on the front seat. there s still keys in the ignition. in fact, there s a number of tractor-trailer trucks i count about four or five of them, which were loaded with brand new vehicles which have just been tossed all around by kids t s like kids toys by ther
power of the waves swept her away. the official death toll stands at nearly 2,500. but that number is surely expected to rise as search and rescue teams begin to reach areas hit hardest by the tsunami. every day you see more and more search and rescue teams. tens of thousands of the japanese military have been deployed. there are obviously teams coming from all around the world to help in the search and rescue. a team like this basically walks down the street checking cars, checking behind abandoned buildings, behind things that have been destroyed. these search and rescue teams are racing against the clock. the nights are bitterly cold and those who have survived have been without food and water for days. relief centers have opened around the country to aid the roughly 450,000 people who are now homeless. they re also one of the many places where people go to search for loved ones.